Vasai Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Maharashtra legislative assembly in India
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Vasai Assembly constituency is one of the 288 Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituencies of Maharashtra state in western India.[1] It is one of the six Vidhan Sabha constituencies located in Palghar district.
| Vasai | |
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| Constituency No. 133 for the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Western India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Palghar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Palghar |
| Established | 1978 |
| Total electors | 354,683 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Vasai is part of Palghar Lok Sabha constituency along with five other Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Palghar district, namely Dahanu, Vikramgad, Palghar, Boisar and Nalasopara.
Before the delimitation, Vasai Assembly constituency was part of the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
From 1952 - 1972 see: Bassein | |||
| 1978 | Pandharinath Choudhari | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Tarabai Vartak | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Dominic Gonsalves | Janata Party | |
| 1990 | Hitendra Thakur | Indian National Congress | |
| 1995 | Independent | ||
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | |||
| 2009 | Vivek Pandit | ||
| 2014 | Hitendra Thakur | Bahujan Vikas Aghadi | |
| 2019 | |||
| 2024 | Sneha Pandit | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
Assembly Election 2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sneha Pandit | 77,553 | 35.76% | New | |
| BVA | Hitendra Vishnu Thakur | 74,400 | 34.31% |  20.76 | |
| INC | Vijay Govind Patil | 62,324 | 28.74% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,346 | 1.08% | 0.54 | |
| Margin of victory | 3,153 | 1.45% | 12.45 | ||
| Turnout | 219,220 | 61.81% | 0.75 | ||
| Total valid votes | 216,874 | ||||
| Registered electors | 354,683 |  16.41 | |||
| BJP gain from BVA | Swing | 19.30 |
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Assembly Election 2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVA | Hitendra Vishnu Thakur | 102,950 | 55.06% | 3.22 | |
| SS | Vijay Govind Patil | 76,955 | 41.16% | New | |
| MNS | Prafulla Narayan Thakur | 3,540 | 1.89% | 0.65 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,036 | 1.62% | 0.04 | |
| VBA | Shahid Kamal Shaikh | 1,570 | 0.84% | New | |
| BSP | Anton Victar Dicuna | 1,288 | 0.69% | 0.19 | |
| Margin of victory | 25,995 | 13.90% | 3.09 | ||
| Turnout | 190,615 | 62.56% | 1.94 | ||
| Total valid votes | 186,969 | ||||
| Registered electors | 304,697 | 4.73 | |||
| BVA hold | Swing | 3.22 |
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Assembly Election 2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BVA | Hitendra Vishnu Thakur | 97,291 | 51.84% | 13.47 | |
| Independent | Vivek Raghunath Pandit | 65,395 | 34.85% | New | |
| INC | Furtyado Michael Poshan | 16,467 | 8.77% | 3.61 | |
| Independent | Manvel Joseph Tuscano | 3,981 | 2.12% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,964 | 1.58% | New | |
| MNS | Swapnil Santosh Nar | 2,329 | 1.24% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 31,896 | 17.00% | 7.01 | ||
| Turnout | 190,777 | 65.57% | 5.36 | ||
| Total valid votes | 187,665 | ||||
| Registered electors | 290,944 | 2.27 | |||
| BVA gain from Independent | Swing | 3.49 |
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Assembly Election 2009
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Vivek Raghunath Pandit | 81,358 | 48.35% | New | |
| BVA | Narayan Mankar | 64,560 | 38.37% | New | |
| INC | Adv.Ghonsalvis Jimi Mates | 8,695 | 5.17% | New | |
| Lok Bharati | Datta Nar | 3,883 | 2.31% | New | |
| Independent | Domnic Sabestin D'Melo | 3,460 | 2.06% | New | |
| Independent | Denis Bastyav Lopis | 2,229 | 1.32% | New | |
| Independent | Claid Manvel Martin | 1,294 | 0.77% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 16,798 | 9.98% | 15.38 | ||
| Turnout | 168,254 | 59.15% | 2.40 | ||
| Total valid votes | 168,254 | ||||
| Registered electors | 284,475 | 39.70 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | 12.05 |
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Assembly Election 2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hitendra Vishnu Thakur | 161,718 | 60.40% | New | |
| SS | Pandit Vivek Raghunath | 93,801 | 35.04% | 11.95 | |
| BSP | Sukhdev Jayram Khairnar | 3,118 | 1.16% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 67,917 | 25.37% | 7.97 | ||
| Turnout | 267,820 | 56.77% | 13.30 | ||
| Total valid votes | 267,734 | ||||
| Registered electors | 471,777 | 35.49 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | 3.99 |
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Assembly Election 1999
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Hitendra Vishnu Thakur | 85,352 | 56.42% | New | |
| SS | Deepak Gavankar | 34,924 | 23.08% | 1.65 | |
| JD(S) | Manuel Joseph Tuscano | 24,780 | 16.38% | New | |
| Independent | Datta Nar | 4,974 | 3.29% | New | |
| Independent | Salman (Babu) Gulam Misal | 1,258 | 0.83% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 50,428 | 33.33% | 15.99 | ||
| Turnout | 158,093 | 45.40% | 14.47 | ||
| Total valid votes | 151,288 | ||||
| Registered electors | 348,201 | 4.17 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | 14.34 |
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Assembly Election 1995
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Thakur Appa Urf Hitendra Vishnu | 81,463 | 42.07% | New | |
| SS | Gawhankar Deepak Gajanan | 47,888 | 24.73% | 15.31 | |
| JD | Vichare Vilas Balkrishna | 25,102 | 12.96% | 16.99 | |
| INC | Arun Kasinath Patil | 18,050 | 9.32% | 50.58 | |
| Independent | Pandit Vivek Raghunath | 15,552 | 8.03% | New | |
| Independent | Andrades (Andrat) Mery Michel | 1,181 | 0.61% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 33,575 | 17.34% | 12.60 | ||
| Turnout | 197,874 | 59.19% | 5.38 | ||
| Total valid votes | 193,615 | ||||
| Registered electors | 334,277 | 36.36 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | 17.83 |
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Assembly Election 1990
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Thakur Appa Urf Hitendra Vishnu | 92,958 | 59.90% | 14.22 | |
| JD | Dominik John Gonsalvis | 46,490 | 29.96% | New | |
| SS | Madan Kini | 14,629 | 9.43% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 46,468 | 29.94% | 25.73 | ||
| Turnout | 157,822 | 64.38% | 4.32 | ||
| Total valid votes | 155,186 | ||||
| Registered electors | 245,147 | 54.70 | |||
| INC gain from JP | Swing | 10.01 |
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Assembly Election 1985
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Gonsalves Dominic John | 46,633 | 49.90% | 8.54 | |
| INC | Tarabai Narsinh Vartak | 42,696 | 45.68% | New | |
| Independent | Patil Dharmaji Narayan | 3,681 | 3.94% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 3,937 | 4.21% | 4.98 | ||
| Turnout | 95,239 | 60.10% | 7.70 | ||
| Total valid votes | 93,462 | ||||
| Registered electors | 158,461 | 18.62 | |||
| JP gain from INC(I) | Swing | 0.65 |
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Assembly Election 1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC(I) | Tarabai Narsinh Vartak | 34,627 | 50.55% | New | |
| JP | Chaudhari Pandharinath Raghunath | 28,332 | 41.36% | 16.67 | |
| BJP | Umesh Vasudev Pai | 5,546 | 8.10% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 6,295 | 9.19% | 11.76 | ||
| Turnout | 69,710 | 52.18% | 22.05 | ||
| Total valid votes | 68,505 | ||||
| Registered electors | 133,588 | 15.63 | |||
| INC(I) gain from JP | Swing | 7.48 |
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Assembly Election 1978
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Chaudhari Pandharinath Raghunath | 49,163 | 58.03% | New | |
| INC | Tarabai Narsinh Vartak | 31,412 | 37.08% | New | |
| SS | Mayekar Bhaskar Sahadeo | 4,146 | 4.89% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 17,751 | 20.95% | |||
| Turnout | 86,622 | 74.98% | |||
| Total valid votes | 84,721 | ||||
| Registered electors | 115,526 | ||||
| JP win (new seat) | |||||